filthy lucre

== English == === Etymology === From filthy +‎ lucre, which appears in the Tyndale Bible, and four times in the King James Version of the Bible, as a calque of Ancient Greek αἰσχρόν κέρδος (aiskhrón kérdos) and related terms such as αἰσχροκερδής (aiskhrokerdḗs, “[a person] given to filthy lucre”): see the quotations and Citations:filthy lucre. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɪlθi ˈl(j)uːkə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌfɪlθi ˈlukəɹ/ Rhymes: -uːkə(ɹ) Hyphenation: filthy lu‧cre === Noun === filthy lucre (uncountable) (idiomatic, derogatory, often humorous in modern use) Money, especially if obtained dishonestly. (money obtained dishonestly): Synonyms: dirty money, lucre ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ill-gotten gains mammon, Mammon thirty pieces of silver Thesaurus:money === References === === Further reading === Filthy Lucre (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia